contact
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Users visiting some government websites, including in the U.S., were met with appeals for them to contact offices by phone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Immigration and Customs Enforcement instructing her to contact Iranian government officials in Washington about her case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
One important way of stopping Ebola from spreading is contact tracing - finding all those people who had come into contact with an infected person and putting them into isolation.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
If those differences become great enough, the populations may eventually lose the ability to interbreed, even if they come into contact again.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026
But when I go to my contact list, only Mom’s new number is there.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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It also won Johnson direct contacts at three of the biggest audio rightsholders in the world: Sony Music, Warner Music and Universal Music.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
Much has been made of the network of contacts both Bevington and sporting director Lutz Pfannenstiel possess.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
Each received a pitch deck, a branding kit including graphics and logos, company contacts and suggested language for soliciting partnerships.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
A few months later, the small state agency that maintains the official list of tribal contacts unveiled a proposal that some non-recognized tribes argued would effectively exclude them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Thin but not muscular, with wavy hair that always looks a bit messy, grays sprouting up here and there among the dark chestnut brown, and black-plastic-framed glasses that he prefers to contacts.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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Franklyn opens the memoir by claiming that Cooper’s husband, Matt Kaplan, contacted her book agent to say that Cooper had read her book proposal and was threatening to sue her ahead of its publication.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
The Metropolitan Police have said they are also "assessing" information from several people who contacted them during the trial "to provide information or report a potential criminal allegation".
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
“ICE agents exited both vehicles and entered the public courtyard outside the visitor’s entrance. The ICE agents contacted and arrested a man who appeared to be hiding in the public courtyard.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
The BBC has contacted the Commerce Department for comment.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
In the fall of 1893 Chamberlin contacted Holmes and requested he come to a meeting at his office.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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The family intensified their campaign, contacting the Latvian embassy and securing in April 2025 a meeting with Atis Lots, Latvia's ambassador to the UK.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
U.K. or Israel could transit without contacting the HOCC.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Organizations worth contacting include the Illinois Department of Aging, which should be able to direct you toward legal counsel; the National Center on Elder Abuse, an agency affiliated with the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
"Please verify the identity of the person you are looking for before contacting, tagging, or making accusations against someone."
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Something about contacting KH and a meeting with Director Horus.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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